Earlier, local IANS agency quoted the official as saying that at
least thirteen other workers were freed from the rubble and taken
to hospitals with various injuries.

More than 40 construction workers have been caught in the
collapse, according to Indian media. Up to 75 people were
reportedly inside the building, which was apparently in the
process of being built when it came crashing down.

“It was like an earthquake when the building fell,”
witness Ramesh Naik was quoted as saying by AP. “You could
not see what exactly had happened because of the dust.”

The collapse of a building is not uncommon news for India, but
such accidents are usually related to badly constructed or
illegally built buildings. One such eight-story building, where
about 150 people lived and worked despite it still being under
construction, collapsed in April 2013 near Mumbai, killing
72 people and injuring dozens more. Another five-story building
came crashing down in Mumbai in September, killing more than 60.